NBPA executive director Billy Hunter refuted a FoxSports.com report that stated he confronted union president Derek Fisher about him pushing for players to take a 50-50 split of basketball revenues on Friday morning, hours before talks to end the NBA lockout broke down.

In an interview with SportsBusiness Journal Sunday night, Hunter said, “My relationship with Derek is very good. There was no confrontation."

Billy Hunter says there's no rift between him and Derek Fisher and that he didn't have to talk the Lakers guard out of accepting a 50/50 BRI split. (AP Photo)

FoxSports.com’s Jason Whitlock wrote about questions regarding the relationship between commissioner David Stern and deputy commissioner Adam Silver, and when asked if Fisher met with the two league leaders, Hunter said, "I have no idea. If he met with them without me knowing, how would I know?"

He also said he was not aware of any confrontation between Fisher and any member of the union’s exec board. But the FoxSports.com report caused consternation among players and agents, including a group of seven powerful agents who collectively represent more than 30 percent of NBA players. Sources said the group of agents may discuss the matter on a conference call this week.

"We are very concerned with this troubling report, which if true, means the player president may not be acting in the best interest of players who elected him as their representative," said a source close to the group of power agents.

Hunter added, "There are a lot of people trying to divide the union. People are disseminating and creating all kinds of rumors."

This story first appeared in SportsBusiness Daily, a sister publication of Sporting News.